The HSPN celebrates an important anniversary: The fifty years since the signing of the RAMSAR International Convention for the Protection of Wetlands.

Then, on 2 February 1971, in Ramsar, Iran, our country was represented by the Secretary-General of the HSPN, Mr. Byron Antipas. It was a culmination of 20 year efforts by him and the other pioneers of the nascent nature protection movement in Greece.

Leading naturalists, HSPN members, had developed scientific proposals for the recording, protection and management of forests and wetlands. And they had set, since 1951, two decisive parameters: institutional protection, and cooperation with the local communities.

Celebrating the anniversary of the RAMSAR Convention, and at the same time its own 70 years of operation and actions, the HSPN organizes an online event next Tuesday, February 2nd at 6:30 p.m. about the years that have passed and what is coming, with guests from the Hellenic Ornithological Society, the Society for the Protection of Prespa and WWF Greece.

The event will be broadcast live via YouTube from the HSPN channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/eepfgr

We will be honoured by your participation.